Some residents said they felt compelled to help since they were fortunate enough to be spared major damage.

“Oh my gosh, it’s horrible. I drove around yesterday and I’ve never seen anything like this before in my life. It’s like a third-world country,” one woman told Haskell. “it just felt good to help others in need.”

Another woman told Haskell that bringing bottled water was the least she could do in the face of the devastation.

“It’s the right thing to do as a human being. I have students who have no homes, so anything I can do for them of course we’ll do,” the woman said.

A relief fund has been created for the residents of Staten Island and other hard-hit areas in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

The Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation was created in the memory of former FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller who ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in 60 pounds of gear to respond on 9/11. Siller died at the World Trade Center.

Donations given to TunnelToTowers.org will immediately be used to buy water and food for those coping with the after effect of the storm, the foundation said.

“Because we know about loss, we know about putting organizations together,” Tunnel to Towers founder Frank Siller told Haskell. “And I promise you that our foundation will be good caretakers of every penny that comes in.”

Siller said while FEMA and the Red Cross are doing great work to help over the long-term, the funds collected by the Stephen Siller Foundation will be available to those in need within hours.

“We will fill the voids that the Red Cross cannot fill and I promise you that on the spirit of my brother,” Siller said.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the chairman of the Tunnel To Towers Run and said this storm relief effort is a natural move for the organization committed to helping those on the front lines.

“If you want to make sure it gets to the people right here that are your neighbors, then the Siller Foundation can do that,” Giuliani told Haskell.

“We want them to know that there are a lot of people out there that understand what they’re going through. I know one of the main things people need is to know they’re not alone,” Giuliani told 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars poured into the Stephen Siller Tunnel To Towers Foundation in the first hour after the relief effort was announced.

Siller’s brother said the fundraising and relief effort honors the spirit of his brother. The foundation will provide relief funds to some of the hardest hit areas immediately.

“Let me tell you what we can do. We can get to the people, right to the people that are in need. The day we have the Tunnel to Towers Run, we have 2,500 volunteers ready to step up and help,” Siller told Schuck.